Investments in Subsidiaries (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Financial Support for Nonconsolidated Legal Entity [Abstract]

Investments in Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries	Place of Incorporation		Principal activity		Percentage of Ownership as at December 31,
					2015			2016
Consolidated principal subsidiaries:
Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited (“NTEEP”)		Cayman Islands		Investment holding		100	%		100	%
Nam Tai Holdings Limited (“NTHL”)		BVI		Investment holding		100	%		100	%
Nam Tai Group Management Limited (“NTGM”)		Hong Kong		Inactive		100	%		100	%
Nam Tai Telecom (Hong Kong) Company Limited (“NTT”)		Hong Kong		Inactive		100	%		100	%
Nam Tai Trading Company Limited (“NTTC”) (1)		Hong Kong		In liquidation		—			—
Namtai Investment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“NTISZ”)		PRC		Investment holding		100	%		100	%
Zastron Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“Zastron Shenzhen”)		PRC		Property development and management		100	%		100	%
Wuxi Zastron Precision-Flex Co., Ltd. (“Wuxi Zastron-Flex”)		PRC		Inactive		100	%		100	%

(1) NTTC is in liquidation and the Joint and Several Liquidators confirmed that all assets of NTTC have been taken over by the Joint and Several Receivers in January 2013.